Chapter 5 – Understand EA Frameworks
Zachman Framework
All aims to present for each business
segment:
Different enterprise views of ICT service
oriented resource* planning(rows) in
terms of each resource’s configuration
components (columns)
EA3 Framework
*Note: A resource can be a product or a service
Spewak EA Planning Framework
.... and there is other EA frameworks
Chapter 6 Components & Artifacts
EA artefacts are the documented EA components/building blocks of an EA Framework.
Chapter 6 Components & Artifacts
EA artefacts are the documented EA components/building blocks of an EA Framework.
Chapter 6 – Components & Artefacts
Business Products & Services
Documentation would specify these entity classes below
Source: http://eapad.dk/ea3-cube/ea3-metamodel/
Chapter 6 – Components & Artefacts
Systems & Application
Documentation would specify these elements below
Source: http://eapad.dk/ea3-cube/ea3-metamodel/
Chapter 6 – Components & Artefacts
Networks & Infrastucture
Documentation would specify these elements below
Source: http://eapad.dk/ea3-cube/ea3-metamodel/
Chapter 6 – Components & Artefacts
Workforce Threads
Documentation would specify these elements below
Knowledge, skills, ability or
other qualifications
Source: http://eapad.dk/ea3-cube/ea3-metamodel/
Chapter 6 – Components & Artefacts
Complete EA Documentation
Source: http://eapad.dk/ea3-cube/ea3-metamodel/
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
Find all these
documentation first,
which describes the
current business
strategic and operating
models
If missing develop it.
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
EA documentation
(artefacts) describing the
organisation’s CURRENT
goals & initiatives are :
1. Strategic Plan/s
2. SWOT Analysis
3. Current operating
Scenario & operating
model specs
4. Current Balanced
Scorecard specs
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
EA documentation (artefacts) describing the
organisation’s CURRENT (business) products &
services are the:
1. Business Plans
2. Business process models produced by using
techniques to represent different
perspectives of process modelling like:
• Integration Definition for Function (IDEF)
• Swim Lane diagrams
• Process flow diagrams,
• USE case diagrams
• etc
3. Business project management plans (ie
project in the IT Capital Planning Portfolios)
4. Investment business case reports for each IT
projects in portfolios
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
EA documentation (artefacts) describing the
organisation’s CURRENT data & Information
models:
1. Knowledge management plan
2. Various data models eg
• Information exchange matrix
• Object state transition diagram
• Object event sequence diagram
• Logical & physical E-R models
• Activity/entity (CRUD) matrix
• Data Dictionary & thesaurus
• Ontology models
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
EA documentation (artefacts) describing the
organisation’s various CURRENT systems
specification eg
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
System interface diagrams
System comms diagrams
Systems data flow diagrams
System operation matrix
System data exchange matrix
System performance matrix
System evaluation diagram
Web application diagram
Other software system modelling diagrams
and documentation types
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
EA documentation (artefacts) describing the
organisation’s CURRENT network design specs
eg:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Network connectivity diagrams
Network inventory
Capital inventory list
Building network topology blueprints
Network Centre diagram
Cable plant diagram
Rack elevation diagram
Etc.
Case Study Scene 4
1. Document Current EA artefacts
Artefact categories per Line of Business,
depicting current
•
•
•
•
•
operations
Strategic goals & initiatives
Business services
Information flows and data elements
System & support services
Network infrastructure
Exists in many forms & formats:
Reports, policy memos, manuals, spreadsheets,
Powerpoint slides, diagrams, videos and other
multimedia
Chapter 8 – Future EA Modelling
TODAY
Market
Situation
Possible
FUTURE Market
Situations
Diagram Source: http://itcilo.wordpress.com/2012/04/09/learning-about-scenario-planning-and-thinking/
Chapter 8 – Future EA Modelling
Identify Current
EA Baseline Model
Possible Future EA
Models
Diagram Source: http://scenarios2strategy.com/docs/planning.html
Case Study Scene 4
2. Business scenario planning with Jim & Kate
& their staff
For each scenario, identify:
• Opportunities & Threats assumptions
• Business planning directions
Decide which scenario is most likely
Develop EA artefacts for selected future scenario
3. Develop change management plan – current
EA to selected future EA.
Questions
Find a public or private sector enterprises and identify the following
current EA components/artifacts at each level of the EA³ Cube
Framework:
1. Identify current strategic goals, initiatives, and outcome measures.
2. Identify current LOBs, business services, and associated activity/flow
diagrams.
3. Identify current information flows and data documentation in each
LOB.
4. Identify the current IT systems and applications that support
information flows for each LOB.
5. Identify the current IT infrastructure and networks that host IT
systems and applications.
Case Study: Victorian Local Government Ministry
As from 1 April 2014, all 79 Councils in Victoria will adopt a new Local Government
Performance Reporting Framework (LGPRF) in their operations.
For the last two years, all Councils have been involved in the development and pilot testing of
this LGPRF. They are now at the stage of implementing this LGPRF into their operations.
You have been commissioned to develop the LG Ministry's EA artefacts for this LGPRF initiative.
As one of the first steps, you will need to:
1. Identify its current strategic goals, initiatives, and outcome measures
2. Identify current LOBs, business services, and associated activity/flow diagrams.
3. Identify current information flows and data documentation in each LOB.
4. Identify the current IT systems and applications that support information flows for each
LOB.
5. Identify the current IT infrastructure and networks that host IT systems and applications.
Reference Resources for Case Study #2 Answers
Development
1. Draft LGPRF & Indicators Working Paper (May 2013)
2. The system of local government
3. Guide to Local Government
4. LGPRF – Indicator Workbook Version 3.1
5. MAV IT Strategy for Local Government
6. 75 Victorian Councils choose Crisisworks
7. Monash City Council Automates their Contract Management
Process with Open Windows CONTRACTS
8. Local Government Performance Reporting
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
The Draft LGPRF & Indicators Working Paper (May 2013)
contain overview information about the current strategy direction, which
should enable you to identify the strategic objective/s and benefit-outcomes,
and the overall strategic approach.
EA documentation
(artefacts) describing the
organisation’s CURRENT
goals & initiatives are :
1. Strategic Plan/s
2. SWOT Analysis
3. Current operating
Scenario & operating
model specs
4. Current Balanced
Scorecard specs
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
The resources:
• The system of local government gives insights about the structure of LG in Victoria
• Guide to Local Government gives insights about the functions of each council
• Council Plan development Guidelines give insights about a Council’s business plan
EA documentation (artefacts) describing the
organisation’s CURRENT (business) products &
services are the:
1. Business Plans
2. Business process models produced by using
techniques to represent different
perspectives of process modelling like:
• Integration Definition for Function (IDEF)
• Swim Lane diagrams
• Process flow diagrams,
• USE case diagrams
• etc
3. Business project management plans (ie
project in the IT Capital Planning Portfolios)
4. Investment business case reports for each IT
projects in portfolios
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
EA documentation (artefacts) describing the
organisation’s CURRENT data & Information
models:
1. Knowledge management plan
2. Various data models eg
• Information exchange matrix
• Object state transition diagram
• Object event sequence diagram
• Logical & physical E-R models
• Activity/entity (CRUD) matrix
• Data Dictionary & thesaurus
• Ontology models
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
EA documentation (artefacts) describing the
organisation’s various CURRENT systems
specification eg
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
System interface diagrams
System comms diagrams
Systems data flow diagrams
System operation matrix
System data exchange matrix
System performance matrix
System evaluation diagram
Web application diagram
Other software system modelling diagrams
and documentation types
Chapter 7 – Current EA Modelling
EA documentation (artefacts) describing the
organisation’s CURRENT network design specs
eg:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Network connectivity diagrams
Network inventory
Capital inventory list
Building network topology blueprints
Network Centre diagram
Cable plant diagram
Rack elevation diagram
Etc.
Conclusion
You can summarize your analysis findings into a matrix list of
EA artefacts needed for supporting the LG Ministry to
understand and acquire the full service provisioning
capacities in improving its current deployment of its LGPRF
strategy in all 79 Victorian Councils.
This matrix would help identify scope the EA work require.
Discuss how this matrix looks like.